Commissioning services and the new community pharmacy contract: (1) Pharmaceutical needs assessments and uptake of new pharmacy contracts

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 7412, 2006, Pages 161-163

  Elvey, Rebecca ^a   Bradley, Fay ^a   Ashcroft, Darren ^a   Noyce, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; COMPETENCE; CONTRACT; JOB PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33747363426     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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